Hubway Bike Share

General Information

Hubway is public transportation by bike, owned by the municipalities of Cambridge, Boston, Brookline, and Somerville. The Hubway bike share system is fully integrated amongst the municipalities, so travel is seamless.

With over 13,000 members, Hubway users have made almost four million trips since the system launched in 2011!

What Is Bike Sharing?

Bike Sharing provides you with an accessible and green transit option. Take a bike from a location near your home or office and pedal your way to the next lunch meeting, errand or shopping trip, or to visit friends and family. The cost of your membership includes unlimited rides under 30 minutes; longer rides incur additional usage fees.

Why Use a Bike Share?

Bike sharing is an easy and affordable way to bike in Cambridge. You can ride anywhere in the region and return your bike to any Hubway station in Cambridge, Boston, Somerville and Brookline. You never have to worry about storing a bike at home. Hubway is great for visitors, for one way trips, and every day users.

How Can I Join?

How Can I Try it Out?

Curious about bike share but not ready to make a membership commitment? One-day passes are the way to go. For just $6.00 you can get a one-day pass for an unlimited number of 30-minute trips. Click here for more information.

About the Bikes

Hubway bikes are easy, fun and safe to use and ride. They are step-thru frames, have 3 speeds, front and rear flashing LED lights and a handy front rack. Hubway bikes are designed to be used comfortably by people of a wide range of heights, simply by adjusting the seat height.

Bike Sharing Stations

As of April 2016, Cambridge has 38 bike share locations! The entire system in Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline and Boston is interchangeable so you can use any bike or station at your convenience at 160 locations.

Bike sharing stations are generally located on the street, on the sidewalk, or in a public plaza and are placed in active spaces throughout the city. A standard station consists of 19 bike docking stations and 10 bikes. The stations are solar powered and also include a kiosk for purchases and a two-sided information panel with maps and instructions.

Data Visualization Challenge

Hubway, the vendor for the regional bikeshare program, and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council invited the public to participate in a data visualization challenge. Hubway made available data from over a half million bike trips and the team with the best visualization won a free one year membership.

Interested in Contributing to a Bike Share Station Near Your Business? Be a Champion!

Bike share stations are a great opportunity to support your employees or bring tourists and new customers to your business.

The City is looking for partners – designated as Program Champions -- who can help fund the installation and maintenance of stations. These partners will contribute to the station installation and maintenance expenses in exchange for donor acknowledgement. Champions will be publicly acknowledged on the station, on the website, and in other materials as per mutual agreement. Station names will also be relevant to the site and chosen by mutual agreement with donors and the City. Champions also can offer their employees reduced membership rates.

Corporate Accounts

Are you interested in encouraging your employees to use Hubway? Hubway's Corporate Accounts options help to solve your company's transit concerns - providing you with the ability to encourage active transportation as a benefit or reward, while strengthening your commitment to green initiatives.

More about the Benefits of Bike Share

The University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs looked at the economic benefits for businesses located near a bike share station. They found that on average, users spending an additional $1.29 per trip at local businesses, and that generally the frequented sit-down restaurants, coffee shops bars, and grocery stores. Extrapolated out over the entire system, bike share users were spending an additional $150,000 a year.

Bike Share Stations Attract People to the Neighborhood

The Project for Public Spaces says that bike share stations are natural conversation starters, attract a stream of diverse users at all times of day and night, and become landmarks that concentrate activity - all things that are important for adjacent businesses. Read more here.

Bike Share Benefits the Local Bike Shop

Local bike shop owners in Washington, DC noticed an uptick in business after the Capital Bike Share system rolled out. Bike share is getting more people interested in bicycling, growing the entire market for bike shops. Read more here.

Hubway Title VI Disclosures

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